My house has some water issues. I will be pulling a permit to connect to the storm drain in a few months. So I won't end up with water in my crawlspace when we get heavy rains.
It was warm yesterday and rained in the afternoon. And then heavy rain overnight with pretty warm temperatures.
When I woke up this morning, I noted the heavy rain and that most of the snow had melted in my back yard. But I noticed that I didn't hear my sump pump. Which was strange. I have it in a shallow hole, so it will cycle for a minute, then off for 2 or 3, then back on. I figured I had got lucky and my french drains to another part of the yard were working.
Went out to take the dog out and discovered that SOMEONE HAD MOVED MY SUMP PUMP DISCHARGE overnight! They grabbed the discharge hose, opened the crawlspace access and put the discharge right back into the crawlspace.
Ran back inside and killed the pump and opened up my floor hatch to take a look. The reason I didn't hear the pump running is because it was under 6 inches of water.
Luckily it's enough below grade in the crawl space that it means ONLY an inch or two of water had filled the entire crawlspace. I'm not sure how long the pump was running continuously, but I imagine most of the night.
When I was getting ready for bed last night, the dog and cats were acting like someone was in the back yard. And I thought I heard something outside. Apparently it was someone messing with the sump discharge.
There's a bar by my house. The people tend to wander through everyone's back yard to make it home. My best guess is that someone got sprayed with it and got mad and decided to teach me a lesson.
There's not much point to this. But just frustration. I had put a lot of work into solving 90% of the crawlspace moisture issues to the point that the water would travel through a path I dug into the pump. To try to combat the sinking and structural issues the house has. This isn't good when you're pouring concrete.
It was warm yesterday and rained in the afternoon. And then heavy rain overnight with pretty warm temperatures.
When I woke up this morning, I noted the heavy rain and that most of the snow had melted in my back yard. But I noticed that I didn't hear my sump pump. Which was strange. I have it in a shallow hole, so it will cycle for a minute, then off for 2 or 3, then back on. I figured I had got lucky and my french drains to another part of the yard were working.
Went out to take the dog out and discovered that SOMEONE HAD MOVED MY SUMP PUMP DISCHARGE overnight! They grabbed the discharge hose, opened the crawlspace access and put the discharge right back into the crawlspace.
Ran back inside and killed the pump and opened up my floor hatch to take a look. The reason I didn't hear the pump running is because it was under 6 inches of water.
Luckily it's enough below grade in the crawl space that it means ONLY an inch or two of water had filled the entire crawlspace. I'm not sure how long the pump was running continuously, but I imagine most of the night.
When I was getting ready for bed last night, the dog and cats were acting like someone was in the back yard. And I thought I heard something outside. Apparently it was someone messing with the sump discharge.
There's a bar by my house. The people tend to wander through everyone's back yard to make it home. My best guess is that someone got sprayed with it and got mad and decided to teach me a lesson.
There's not much point to this. But just frustration. I had put a lot of work into solving 90% of the crawlspace moisture issues to the point that the water would travel through a path I dug into the pump. To try to combat the sinking and structural issues the house has. This isn't good when you're pouring concrete.